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Firefighter’s death to be honored years later
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What question would you ask the candidates in tonight’s presidential debate? Asked on Massachusetts Street
By Conrad Swanson cswanson@ljworld.com
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Xavier Allen-Jones, student, New Orleans “In terms of personal experience, how do they relate to the people who work 9 to 5 to feed their children? And if they can’t, how would they improve that?”
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ABOVE: SELINA JACKSON, LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL 1984 GRADUATE, and Mike Amyx, LHS 1971 graduate, greet each other after both being inducted into the Lawrence Lions Alumni Association Hall of Honor Sunday at the school. Jackson started out her career at the White House in 1988, spent two years on Ronald Reagan’s Los Angeles staff, five years as U.S. director of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue and 10 years as vice president of international public affairs at UPS. Amyx is currently serving his sixth term as Lawrence mayor. RIGHT: Ruby Peaslee, the widow of Dwayne Peaslee, a Lawrence High 1950 graduate, accepts the Hall of Honor award for her husband. The late Peaslee, an Army veteran and University of Kansas alumnus, worked as a pipefitter for 60 years, serving as the business manager for the Lawrence chapter of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union from 1987 to 1993.
Amber Barcel, sexual health educator, Omaha, Neb. “What’s your stance on abortion, and how would your presidency impact abortion access?”
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Report: Lawrence economy stagnant, relatively small
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f I thought we wouldn’t get an eye poked out by obnoxious football fans wearing those pointy Cornhusker hats, I would suggest we all take a trip to Grand Island, Neb. There’s a new report out that suggests Lawrence and Grand Island may be more alike than we think. Federal officials have released a new report that measures the economy of every metro area in the country. Lawrence’s economy is the 342nd largest economy in the U.S. — one spot and a few dollars ahead of Grand Island, Neb. Unless trends change, Lawrence likely won’t be moving up the list anytime soon. The report found the Lawrence economy was stagnant in 2015. The report is the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ annual look at the gross domestic product of metro areas. Gross Domestic Product — or GDP — is kind of the big enchilada in the world of economic statistics. It is the broadest measure of
Edward Redding, home improvement, Kansas City, Mo. “How are they going to make health care better?”
What would your answer be? Go to LJWorld.com/ onthestreet and share it.
the economy. It attempts to measure all the economic activity in a community. In Lawrence, that means everything from what Hallmark spends to produce greeting cards at its local production plant to what students spend to keep themselves properly hydrated and full of ramen noodles. Let’s take a look at some of the findings of the report.
Small scale: The report always serves as a good reminder that Lawrence isn’t as large as we sometimes think. The Lawrence economy checked in at $4.06 billion, which is quite a lot of hydration, if you know what I mean. But Lawrence has a smaller economy than many communities, including some you may not guess. For instance, would you have thought that Joplin, Mo., has an economy that is almost $3 billion larger than Lawrence’s? It does. Here’s a look at some regional communities and
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their national rankings: l Kansas City, Mo.-Kan: $125.6 billion (No. 29) l Wichita: $31.4 billion (No. 81) l Boulder, Colo.: $23.4 billion (No. 105) l Topeka: $9.8 billion (No. 200) l Iowa City: $9.4 billion (No. 204) l Columbia, Mo.: $8.3 billion (No. 218) l Joplin, Mo.: $6.7 billion (No. 247) l St. Joseph, Mo.: $5.7
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Five years after the fact, Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Engineer Robert Smith will be formally recognized as having died in the line of duty. Smith died in 2011 after a 24-hour work shift, said Fire Chief Mark Bradford. The official cause of his death was a dissecting aneurysm. At the time, fatal aneurysms were not officially recognized as a line of Smith duty-related death. (Smith) “It was federal law at the time that only was the type counted heart attack- of person related causes as line of duty deaths,” who would do anything Bradford said. The fire depart- for anybody. ment appealed He was the law and in late 2015, Bradford said, always very the department re- outgoing and ceived notice that would seek Smith’s death would be classified as one opportunities to help in the line of duty. Smith, along with people both hundreds of other at work and firefighters who died in the line of outside of duty, will be hon- work.” ored on Oct. 9 in Emmitsburg, Md., at — Lawrence-Douglas the annual National County Fire Medical Fallen Firefighters Chief Mark Bradford Memorial Service. The reclassification of Smith’s death is significant, both because of his dedication within his field and because of the financial boost it affords his two surviving children, Bradford said. “He was a single gentleman, but he did have two sons,” Bradford said. And the financial support the reclassification allows is “fairly significant.” Smith, 50, worked at the fire department for around 20 years, Bradford said. He was also a high-ranking, noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force. “He was very active in his family and in fire-service activities. He was very, very well respected in the Air Force and obviously the fire service,” Bradford said. “He was the type of person who would do anything for anybody. He was always very outgoing and would seek opportunities to help people both at
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